Pain happens. So does faith
Devotional

Pain happens. So does faith

carriedinthecross

Remember when God’s prophets (and yes, there was more than one) said they wanted to die? It happened. More than we like to acknowledge as Christians. God sent comfort. He did not criticize or condemn. He sent reminders that He is there.
We have bad days. We have days where we feel God is setting is up for a big fall. We have days when Jezebel is hot on our heels after God lit an alter covered in water on fire. We have breakdowns because we hold so much in that eventually it comes out in a fountain. Sometimes we make those around us miserable because we can’t take anymore and we burden them with it. But people were never meant to carry it all, only Jesus can take your pain, fear, and sorrow and hold you together. Stop holding yourself accountable for being human and hurting. Stop giving your problems to people who can’t hold your pain as well as their own. Stop, and give it to Jesus. He alone can carry you.

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Published by carriedinthecross

I am a young woman who grew up in British Columbia. In BC was all I ever wanted; I had my poodle (Max) and all my friends, Saturdays at the Vancouver Aquarium and Sunday afternoons at one of my favorite beaches it was paradise. But God had a different plan for my life and my dad's job landed us in Alberta and now where I remain, in small town Souris Manitoba. The transitions from paradise to prairie were difficult and I will admit that now 10 years later I still refer to home as Abbotsford BC. Through this crazy pathway trek across Canada I have had one true constant, God; and though none of it was easy, everything that has happened in my life has formed in me a true lasting friendship with the one I call Immanuel. Because no matter how far from home we are God is with us, and thanks to God I have found an almost completely over looked beauty in Manitoba. If you open your eyes you will see that God has planted wondrous things everywhere you go.

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